Climate | We have Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; the Lebanon Mountains experience heavy winter snows |
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Revenue from forest resources | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.04 million tons (2014 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 4.5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 240 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 900 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 700 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 24.23 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 24.8 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 3.37 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 63.3% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 11.9% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 12.3% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 39.1% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 13.4% (2018 est.) |
Other | 23.3% (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 89.4% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | -1.23% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.421 million BEIRUT (capital) (2023). |
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